I write today with a heavy heart. A beautiful, kind woman gone too soon to that insidious disease depression. Many people are hurting and to them I send my love.
Life.
It’s been a wobbly week for me. I’ve had much joy. I celebrated nine years married to my love Twiggy. I’ve caught up with dear friends and watched our children forge friendships. I wrote about the good things about getting healthier. I saw numbers on the scales which gave me encouragement. I feel like I’m making progress towards changing stubborn habits. I have a long way to go, but every little step helps.
Death.
The past week has also been one of such despair in the news. A child killed by his father. A young life struck down by a tree while playing at school. A little girl lost to asthma, one to the common cold. Children fleeing war. A young man dead when all he wanted to do was escape a country of fear. Every day my heart aches at the inexplicable unfairness of fate. I’ve been feeling the weight of sadness. Then Charlotte Dawson.
I spent last night sipping red wine, thinking about her and my friends who are struggling with shock and deep grief. She was such a kind woman to me and so many others. She was many more things as well, but I’ll leave that to her closest friends and family. She’ll be missed greatly.
Life twists and turns. Sometimes you need to take a step back and gather those around you close. Preserve each others’ souls. Reach out to those you love. Regroup. Know you are loved. Be kinder.
Today the world is a vivid splash of colour.
bigwords x
Hi, I'm Bianca Wordley, I write about life.
It surely is Bianca. If people were a little more tolerant and kinder the world would be in much better shape. xxxxx
I’m with you Bianca . My thoughts are so similar and I think we think the same many times ..I broke the Febfast last night also .. Found out a dear friend of mine had passed away and also another friend is about to have a double Mastectomy and then the tragic news of Charlotte Dawson .. Nothing we can do about the tragic things that happen in this world .. Maybe just hold them in our thoughts and in our hearts and quietly have a glass of wine because sometimes we need it and its ok to break the rules .. Love to you ..